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brings forth a Darwin, the evolver; (2) the 

 re-created Evolution generating in thought 

 and formulating in speech Nature's Evolution 

 through the evolved evolver; (3) the evolver 's 

 own Evolution, while evolving Nature's Evo- 

 lution; he must be self-evolving in doing his 

 evolutionary task. Perhaps the reader may 

 seek to include his own Ego as the fourth 

 stream of Evolution intermingling with the 

 three other streams and re-producing them in 

 himself. 



For more than twenty years after his re- 

 turn Darwin was elaborating the vast quantity 

 of materials which he had collected. These 

 pertained especially to Biology and Geology. 

 One of the works was his Journal of Re- 

 searches during the voyage of the Beagle, 

 printed first in 1839 (second edition corrected 

 and enlarged 1845). This is still a popular 

 book, being written in a familiar style and al- 

 ways manifesting the straightforward interest 

 of the lover of Nature. It shows Darwin eager- 

 ly picking up every particular fact without 

 much reflection or endeavor to put in order 

 what he saw. It is a kind of diary of his voy- 

 age. Yet growth can be traced in it, the evolu- 

 tion of the Naturalist who is finally to evolve 

 Evolution. As already stated, the culmination 

 of the book is reached in the visit to the Gala- 

 pagos Islands, which took place toward the 



